Wichert Akkerman writes ("weird version compare"):
> Is this correct: ?
>
> dpkg - warning: downgrading x11amp from 0.9-alpha1-1.1 to 0.9a3-2.
>
> I'ld say it is actually an upgrade, but dpkg doesn't agree with me..
Yes, I think it's correct. Letters in version numbers sort before
nonletters, so `a3' precedes `-alpha1'. See the dpkg programmers'
manual.
The version number format should have been retained from one version
to the next.
Ian.